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Article: SURGEON: 'UK' BRAND WAS A GUIDE.(News)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- January 29, 2003
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Byline: Anabelle Garay Associated Press
LOUISVILLE -- A surgeon being sued for branding a patient's uterus with the initials of his alma mater -- the University of Kentucky -- defended his actions Tuesday as a routine part of doing a hysterectomy.
Dr. Michael Guiler told ABC's "Good Morning, America" and NBC's "Today" that marking the uterus gives doctors a point of reference before it is removed.
"It is very important to be able to identify left from right, so it has to be an asymmetrical mark repetitive and identifiable to the surgeon," said Guiler, who used a cauterizing instrument to brand "UK" on Stephanie Means' uterus.
"The ...